Archive for December, 2007
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Season’s Eatings
In mid-winter, we celebrate the solstice, Christmas and Hannukuh, and sometimes Eid and Diwali when the lunar calendar aligns with the Julian calendar. Hard on their heels is the global welcoming of the New Year.
At every table during these festivals, we eat! We laugh, we share, we salute absent family and friends, and we pass the peas, the polenta, the parnsips and the paneer. Each festival is imbued wiith the importance of eating. The ingredients vary, but the intention does not. The familial community of the table, the practical nourishing of body and soul, the joy inherent to wellness and abundance… these are the messages and miracles of the holiday season in any culture.
But in the midst of plenty, there are many who have fallen on hard times. Please share.
On this mild and lovely winter’s day, on behalf of Slow Food Calgary’s steering community and myself, I wish for all of us the peace, prosperity and plenty that is the gift of our planet.
dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Calgary Convivium president
